Solo flight
I am single. Unlike others, I enjoy occasionally traveling alone. I realized that the first time I did it. I was to meet up with two friends in their hometown. I went there alone. I didn’t even know the way but just hopped on a bus and let it bring me to places I’ve never [...]
Friday Quotes #1
Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is untouched by time. – Eckhart Tolle There’s perfection and beauty in every little thing around us. We just have to open our hearts and minds to it. I miss Monday Musings. So while there’s still no word from Barbara of MM, I figured I might [...]
Essential home security system
We have some relatives living in the province. Two of them visited us a couple of weeks ago. In the middle of the conversation, they mentioned the rampant robberies happening in their area. It was scary, how they described the attempted and actual robberies that happened. Both their families were even victims of attempted robberies. [...]
Goodbye, July! Hello, August!
July is ending in a little less than 48 hours. Time is flying by so fast. August is here and before we know it, the holiday season will once again say hello to us. Two years ago, Christmas was really abundant for me and the family. Last year, it’s different. It was in between. We [...]
Comfy feet = Happy feet
I am the type of person who always go for comfort than style. Especially when it comes to my feet. I get aches and pains whenever I wear something uncomfortable. So instead of going for style, I go for comfort. Always. If there is a combination of the two, the better for me. Like flip [...]
It takes little to set me off.
You can make me laugh so easily. It takes a little to set me off laughing my heart out. What family and friends find weird about me is that I can laugh by myself even when I am in a crowd. Worse, I can laugh even in the silliest times, even when there should be [...]
Tell the world about the little one!
A baby born is a cause for joy. I know a lot of couples who are having a hard time conceiving. So it’s not any surprise to me when I get birth announcements. I love hearing that someone I know gave birth to a healthy baby girl or boy. I just love the joy babies [...]
RT & WW – Coffee for you and me
Wish within reach
We all have these things in our wishlist that are just way beyond our reach. Mostly because we can never afford it, even if we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a year. I recently found out that some of the items in my wishlist are now within my reach. Thank [...]
Just like in the novel…
Are you looking for holiday cottages? My friend’s husband came from a rich family. His grandfather died recently and he inherited a substantial portion of the estate of the deceased. He’s thinking of using it to buy a holiday cottage for them, according to my friend. He knows that my friend is in love with [...]
Happy weekend!
I’m done for the week. I have written so many posts that I don’t know if I have enough ideas left for tomorrow Just kidding! I want to be able to relax this weekend, have some fun (dvd marathon!) and just let my mind stop turning and churning about things to write about. I am [...]
Taken away
My friend lost her baby. It was truly devastating for her because she’s already preparing for motherhood, mentally, emotionally, physically. She’s looking forward to finally having someone she can call family. But then in one fell swoop, it was taken away from her. No amount of consoling can stop her misery. She is depressed and [...]
Quote for today…
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. – Hugh Downs Happiness is always up to us. We can find happiness in little things. We only have to open our eyes wide to see it and our hearts to appreciate [...]
Like a bubble
Happiness is like a bubble. It’s fragile. One wrong move and it will burst into a million little pieces of dew then into nothingness. We can choose to continue to be happy even when all the euphoria has died down. It’s all up to us. When I was in my teens, I was always unhappy [...]
Get a degree online
Time is gold. That’s why when you can do things now, then do it! Do not wait for tomorrow. If you can make things easier for you to save time, then by all means make it happen. My former boss asked one of my co-managers to get a degree online. She was adamant at first, [...]
The gift of tomorrow
Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can’t forget [...]
Life in the future
There are days when I feel like I’m just drifting, letting life pass me by without even exerting any effort to look like I care. Not even knowing where exactly I am headed. Or even remotely sure what I truly want out of my life. I will be turning a year older by next month. [...]
Medical attention
My paternal grandparents are both suffering from an illness. My grandmother from hypertension, my grandfather from lung and heart problems. Whenever I hear someone saying that it’s expensive to have someone sick in the family, I can relate to it right off. We’ve had scares in the past. Grandparents both hospitalized. So I know how [...]
Slipping by your fingers
Don’t you just feel like your money’s just slipping by your fingers even before you can even touch it? A lot of people I know live from paycheck to paycheck. I once was someone like this. When the paycheck arrives, I budget it up to the last centavo. If I spend on something not on [...]
Milk tea it is!
I’m back to my milk tea obsession. I have been staying away from coffee for weeks now. My hyperacidity has come back in full force. Even a sip of coffee makes me gag. So when I need to wake myself up, I fix myself a cup of tea, put a dash of fresh milk in [...]
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